The first painted portrait of Prince Charles to enter the NPG collection was commissioned by the Gallery's Trustees in 1980. The following year the artist was commissioned to paint the Princess of Wales, shortly before her wedding. In this portrait the prince's relaxed presentation is strikingly modern. He wears polo clothes, a sport he played for forty years. (http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw07192/Prince-Charles?LinkID=mp07831&role=art&rNo=3)